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Examining how a U.S. Interregional Transmission Overlay could address aging grid infrastructure, surging demand, and renewable integration challenges. What Attendees will Learn Why the current regional grid structure is approaching its limits — Explore how coal-fired generation retirements, renewabl…
This sponsored article is brought to you by Black & Veatch . The biggest challenge facing utilities today isn’t what it seems. It’s not demand, even as load growth accelerates. It’s not extreme weather, even as “major events” become routine. It’s not cybersecurity, even as connections expand across…
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Despite setbacks in sodium-ion battery development in the U.S., the startup Peak Energy says it can be the one to finally achieve the ambitious application of using the tech to store energy for the grid. When U.S. start-ups Natron Energy and Bedrock Materials shut down sodium-ion battery operations…
On the nights after Hurricane Maria ravaged Puerto Rico’s power grid in 2017, former Puerto Rican energy regulator Javier Rúa-Jovet remembers watching the sky warp along the horizon as thousands of fossil fuel-powered generators spewed emissions into the atmosphere. The “whole society” was running o…
Nebraska Public Power District (NPPD) marked the start of construction on Princeton Road Station with a groundbreaking ceremony the morning of July 17, drawing state and local officials, community stakeholders, and NPPD staff to the site just north of Hallam, Nebraska. The 694-MW dual-fuel facility…
Utility-owned storage could help mitigate grid congestion, a utility manager said at a July stakeholder meeting. Another said customer-centric program design is crucial to reducing attrition.…
Recently announced projects include a 3.2-GW OpenAI data center near Savannah, Georgia. The contract includes 1 GW of “flexible demand response” for peak shaving — the first such flexibility provision the company has codified with a data center customer.…
Nuclear fusion reactors offer the hope of vast, clean energy from the same process that powers stars. But despite decades of research, a fusion reactor that can supply practical amounts of power has proven elusive. Now startup Commonwealth Fusion Systems has revealed in depth what it says is the mos…
Spent batteries from older electric vehicles are starting to pile up, but a handful of companies are repurposing them in a novel way: as energy storage for the grid. These batteries are retired from EVs after their capacity falls to 70 to 80 percent; that’s too low to satisfy drivers, but leaves eno…
Off-grid coastal communities that rely on weather-dependent solar and expensive diesel to meet their energy needs may soon have a new addition to their power production portfolio: tidal energy. Researchers from SRI International, a research institute in Menlo Park, Calif., are testing a buoyant kite…
As utility-scale battery energy storage systems (BESS) scale from megawatts to gigawatts, the engineering complexity grows exponentially. Higher-voltage architectures and denser rack configurations are pushing the limits of conventional component design and exposing gaps that can compromise system p…
Co-founder of Quaise Energy, Matt Houde, explains how his company is tackling the challenges of scaling superhot geothermal energy, which promises 24/7 baseload power.…
The increase is due to revised network upgrade costs assigned by the PJM Interconnection, tariffs imposed by the Trump administration in April and updated turbine installation projections, executives said.…
For Rayburn Electric Cooperative, ownership of the 758-MW combined cycle plant in Sherman, Texas, means stable rates, hardened reliability through heat waves and winter storms, and a hedge against the The post Rayburn Energy Station: A Cooperative’s Answer to Texas-Sized Risk appeared first on POWER…
As data centers flock to Texas, Georgia Power installs a battery at an existing solar site, Antora Energy raises $550M, a key southeast Asian PV project comes online quickly, ComEd expands rooftop solar deployment, and Minnesota Power moves a little earth.…
Turbines are “a scarce resource and will become increasingly more valuable,” AEP’s Bill Fehrman said. “We're going to continue to be aggressive in our positions on this.”…
Scotland-based Mocean Energy plans to move data centers out to sea with power from wave energy, solar PV and battery storage.…